Looks like a lot of us have nose & throat issues today - ears not so much or you’re all keeping quiet about it.
Am providing broad spectrum healing vibes across the DT. And some ⛽ for @rustyraven.
Discussion Thread 👽 Thursday 16 April 2026
Submitted 3 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 days ago
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Checking in with an ear infection :D
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Thank you! Head cold and pantry moths all in one week for me. Very exciting
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Thank you. It’s a challenging time
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
thank you
also, had a sore ear yesterday, that seems to have gotten better
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
For some unknown reason I avoided it when it entered my household last week. May have been the overuse of Glen 20 on all contactable surfaces or my womanly powers. I do have a slight tight throat but I believe that’s due to a high pollen count.
I hope everyone has a speedy recovery. ❤️
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Ears was last week, it’s back to just sinuses currently. Who needs to breathe anyway?
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The refinery fire is unfortunate. I hope we don’t have to go to restrictions but I’m not sure the government can encourage people to voluntarily reduce consumption by 10%. Might affect VIC disproportionately because can petrol be redistributed from the other states quickly anyway. Hopefully free public transport is extended, and increase frequencies would be good too.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Ough
I recently had a chance to have my appliances replaced with electrical ones, but was kind of in the thick of things at the time and couldn’t handle the disruption of having my house gutted.
Perhaps now my circumstances have changed I should go back cap in hand…
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 days ago
No impact to domestic gas. Only liquid fuels come out of the Geelong refinery. Specifically the petrol plant was on fire. They say they can still produce diesel but at reduced capacity. Natural gas for homes comes from different sources and processed at gas plant at Longford, so is unaffected. However the cost of running the electric appliances might be cheaper, so could be worth it from that point of view.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Bottom Racer, your chili powder smells amazing! Like tomatoes on the vine and rich veggie garden scents.
I tasted a little bit and burned a hole through my tongue. 10/10! Thank you!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Eee most welcome :)
I can’t feel my hands or face 2 days on making that so that means hawt.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I want to go to bed but it’s waaaaaay too early.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
They know quality when they see and hear it. 😊
can I say we here are all so proud of you 🥹
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
All the heart stuff was caused by the nicotine spray I’ve been using to quit smoking. Doesn’t go well with the adhd medication.
Jesus fucking christ
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Reminds me of when I accidentally overdosed on caffeine. Nausea, agitation, heart palpitations. I was feeling really unwell and was just about to go to the doctor when I realised I’d been drinking way too much coffee (just because it was winter and I wanted to keep warm!). I went out and got a teapot and some peppermint tea, knitted myself a tea cosy, and all was well thereafter.
It’s amazing how easy it is to miss when little things turn into big things.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
spoiler
The bags of cat food and meds are still sitting on their doorstep, and right after I got home their cat came to wait on mine wanting to be let in. FFS. I don’t know if they’re even home. Do they feed this animal? Sent another email telling them I dropped off stuff for their cat and it would be great if they treated him for ringworm as he’s often around wanting to come inside and it’s really contagious. Karen-ish but oh well. It feels terrible ignoring and avoiding him but I’m trying to prioritise my own health until I’m doing better. Still treating my own lesions and trying to eat enough for them to heal. About to shampoo carpet for a second time. Taking antidepressants. Waiting on grief counseling. Holding Melbcat’s urn. Trying to stay warm and calm. Wondering why everything feels so terrible. If I had my way I’d leave this area and not interact with anyone or anything again.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
you are doing great 😊 No need to feel guilty at all.
and you need hugs, not guilt, mmmkay 🫂🫂🫂
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It sucks because I’m trying to set a boundary but it’s only a neglected cat feeling the consequences.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Could it be that they use a back door, or drive in out of garage, so haven’t seen the food? Also not everyone checks their emails everyday, so possible they haven’t see your message either. I guess that’s the optimistic view. If not, maybe you can ask them if they still want to keep the cat. Tell them you can organise a rescue org to collect it for them. It’s sad, but some people just hope their cat will go away if they keep putting it outside.
Good news on the meds and grief counselling. You are taking steps to recover even though it’s really hard. Melbcat would have wanted you to be well. Maybe you can look at it that she’s giving you strength from beyond the rainbow bridge. You got this.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I don’t think so, the back is fenced in. Could be they park and walk in tho?
They don’t seem to see a problem with the situation so I may be courting unwanted beef by trying to tell them anything. They said they love him very much so I don’t think they’ll want to give him up. And there are no foster places available through the rescues, I checked.
I just want to mind my biz. But this is genuinely causing problems for me because he waits outside and follows to rub spores up on you (in addition to seeming really neglected) and I’m being forced to interact with people in order to try and deal with it 😢
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
My sinuses are…problematic
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I currently have a hankie with eucalyptus oil tucked under my glasses to cover my nose to help me breathe. #hotgirlsummer
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
If you can get a Vicks inhaler they really do help a lot.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Are you up for saline water boarding yourself? It helps, but is highly undignified, and makes everything taste funny.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Take me down to Sammycat city where the tails are long and them butts are wiggly
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Marge… 🌧 🌂
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
spoiler
Ok, I got a response and am less mad. I was working myself up pre-emptively due to previous nightmare neighbours. She doesn’t seem to quite get it though. I’m trying to educate this lady about the risks here, get through to her that he keeps infecting me, and telling her about the curfew. I’m telling her he may have cat flu. I’m begging her to treat his ringworm and take him to the vet. I’m offering to link her to low cost vets and low cost or free food, and access to more oral ringworm medication. Lady Pls 🙏
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Holiday almost over, spent most of it feeling ick but not properly unwell. Grand renovation and craft plans totally flew out the window. I did achieve some minor gardening (which the possums promptly ate), three Lego sets, and some messing about with chocolate. 'Twill do.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Be sure to talk to someone and get that annual leave switched over to sick leave
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Oh I would if properly sick, even though the forms are a migraine in themselves
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I was able to pair my phone to the JBL today all by myself and now I can turn it up and down using my watch. Instructions are worth reading. Feeling very tech savvy today. 😎
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
there are at least dozen swifts flying around my balcony really close by, swooping, darting, doing loops and rolls, obviously catching flying bugs
beautiful 😊
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Wow, where did that come from?!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
we had lightening really close, the floor shook!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Suffering from success because I bought some magnetic cables where you leave a plug in your phone and the cable snaps to that instead of needing to plug it in. But the vacuum phone’s battery lasts so long and charges so fast I feel like I’ve hardly had a chance to use it.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I have one of those but it’s not for my phone.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I was wondering if I should say my phone is now living that plugged 24/7 life but thought it might be too off-colour. Thank you for going there first
Eagle@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Ahem… I believe i have one if those too. Also not for phone…
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I got the set for various game controllers. Godsend.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Lunch break from work. All I want is a nap
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Night night everyone
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
night night
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Oh great. The refinery in Corio is on fire, that’s just what we need right now.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The everybody out safe part is good, the rest not so much
bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I hope they extend the free public transport
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
this has been happening a bit globally, hasn’t it?
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I believe most of the other such incidents are deliberate, so to speak. I suspect this was either a genuine accident or worn out equipment failure. The Corio refinery has been there a long time.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Does anyone else have a tissue up their nose? Asking for a friend…
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I would but it tickles too much
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I promised to give someone a set of mixing bowls I had in the garage, then had to spend half an hour trying to find the darn things. I was just about to give up when I saw them in a completely different place than where I had been looking. I really need to get in there and do a proper tidy.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Dog has gingivitis and a wobbly tooth. 😸
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Mr Woof sends his commiserations. He had to have 16 teeth removed a few years ago and spent the next week with a cone on his head and totally out of it due to a Fentanyl patch. He’s hoping your dog’s problems are not as severe, but wants to reasure him that even if it is things will work out ok.
At least I think that’s what he’s saying, it might actually be “are we walking today or should I go back to bed?” My canine translation skills are not always perfect.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Oh no :( 16 teeth! I hope Mr Woof is okay now.
My Mr Woof sends his regards to you and your Mr Woof.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
This will be expensive
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
800 bucks for one tooth!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Ugh. So snotty
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
bad sore throat, back to bed
bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
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Something a little… refined please. Preferably a touch oily.
bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
🍰🍨🍡🫕
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
A bowl of soup for all the sicklings and a spray of Glen 20 for everyone else please.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
some not too hot lemon and honey drink please
bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
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bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I didn’t know Australia has only two oil refineries
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Funnily enough the bp across the road (quite literally) is usually the most expensive petrol in geelong.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 days ago
That’s because also across the road is Geelong Grammar - and the BP there is skinning the parents for their hide & tallow. I approve of this.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Company asked for my references. Fingers crossed.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Good luck.